Challenges Online posted on May 18, 2009 07:51
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 - Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) launches "Return to Work" programme
Human Resources Minister, Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam launched Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) "Return to Work" programme today followed by a seminar attended by 700 participants.
Speaking at the launching of the programme he said the "Return to Work" programme was introduced two years ago to enable injured workers to be rehabilitated and gainfully re-employed.
So far 566 workers were trained and rehabilitated under the programme which was carried out at various training centres. To provide better support to the programme, Subramaniam said SOCSO was now in the process of building its own rehabilitation centre in Malacca.
The RM80 million state-of-the-art centre would be able to train more such workers when it is fully operational within the next two years.
Currently, SOCSO had 5.2 million members and catered for about 50,000 injured workers and 91,000 pensioners.
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